English 4 Final Grammar Review

It contains a subject, a verb, and a complete thought.  It can stand alone as a sentence.

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Phrase

• Relative Clause

It is a group of words that does not contain its own subject and/or verb.  It is only part of a sentence.

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Phrase

• Relative Clause

It contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.  It begins with a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS) and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Phrase

• Relative Clause

It  is one kind of dependent clause. It has a subject and verb, but can't stand alone as a sentence.  It will always begin with one of these five pronouns:  who , whom , whose, that, which.

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Phrase

• Relative Clause

A sentence that contains one independent clause.

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound/Complex

• Simple

 A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses.   Often these independent clauses are joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or yet, so).  A semicolon may also connect two independent clauses.

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound/Complex

• Simple

A sentence that consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound/Complex

• Simple

A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound/Complex

• Simple

Identify each bolded word group:

Tired and hungry, the students asked for a break when the teacher finished lecturing.

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Phrase

• Relative Clause

Identify each bolded word group:

Tired and hungry, the students asked for a break when the teacher finished lecturing.

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Phrase

• Relative Clause